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New "How to Report ICE" zines up today for free printable download!
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August 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
New "How to Report ICE" zines up today for free printable download!
California (by county/area)
Chicago
Colorado
DC Metro Area (DMV)
Massachusetts
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NYC
Philly
Pittsburgh
Portland, OR
St. Louis Metro Area
Washington State
Please share!
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California (by county/area)
Chicago
Colorado
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NYC
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Wrote about Comer/Mace attempting to doxx and intimidate Wikipedia editors in an effort to force their own viewpoint onto Wikipedia.
House Republicans Want To Doxx Wikipedia Editors Over Bogus ‘Bias’ Complaints
Congress has absolutely zero constitutional authority to investigate a private website for its editorial decisions. Zero. None. This is First Amendment 101. Yet House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and…
Congress has absolutely zero constitutional authority to investigate a private website for its editorial decisions. Zero. None. This is First Amendment 101. Yet House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and…
House Republicans Want To Doxx Wikipedia Editors Over Bogus ‘Bias’ Complaints
Congress has absolutely zero constitutional authority to investigate a private website for its editorial decisions. Zero. None. This is First Amendment 101. Yet House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and Cybersecurity Subcommittee Chairwoman Nancy Mace have decided otherwise. In a letter to Wikimedia Foundation CEO Maryana Iskander, these two Republicans are demanding that Wikipedia hand over editor identities, internal communications, and arbitration records because some studies suggest there might be bias in Wikipedia articles about Israel-Palestine issues.
www.techdirt.com
August 29, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Wrote about Comer/Mace attempting to doxx and intimidate Wikipedia editors in an effort to force their own viewpoint onto Wikipedia.
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The #1 thing I've learned talking to ppl who subscribe to this kind of legislation is that they truly believe that the homeless do not want to be helped, and are incapable of improving their material conditions. Basically, they give up before ever trying anything that WE ALL KNOW WORKS.
Newsom launches statewide task force to clear homeless encampments
Newsom launches statewide task force to clear homeless encampments
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced the creation of a statewide task force aimed at dismantling homeless encampments on state property and expanding access to shelter and services. The State Acti…
ktla.com
August 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The #1 thing I've learned talking to ppl who subscribe to this kind of legislation is that they truly believe that the homeless do not want to be helped, and are incapable of improving their material conditions. Basically, they give up before ever trying anything that WE ALL KNOW WORKS.
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NEW: SSA CDO Chuck Borges says he was 'involuntarily' forced out Friday, days after filing a whistleblower complaint. About 30 min after his resignation email went out, it vanished from inboxes.
w/ @davidgilbert.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/charle...
w/ @davidgilbert.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/charle...
SSA Whistleblower’s Resignation Email Mysteriously Disappeared From Inboxes
Less than 30 minutes after the Social Security Administration’s chief data officer resigned following a whistleblower complaint, recipients could no longer access the resignation email.
www.wired.com
August 29, 2025 at 10:57 PM
NEW: SSA CDO Chuck Borges says he was 'involuntarily' forced out Friday, days after filing a whistleblower complaint. About 30 min after his resignation email went out, it vanished from inboxes.
w/ @davidgilbert.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/charle...
w/ @davidgilbert.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/charle...
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Silicon Valley doesn’t sell tech, it sells the concept of innovation
Seems like ppl might finally be catching up to the idea that the LLM rollout has just been pivot-to-video but for every single facet of society/industry & 1000x worse.
August 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Silicon Valley doesn’t sell tech, it sells the concept of innovation
Pour overs like the v60 allow for so much more skill expression than immersion brewers like French presses lol
August 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Pour overs like the v60 allow for so much more skill expression than immersion brewers like French presses lol
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New: the inside story of how Tea collected millions of women's secrets, then exposed them to the world. We've found Tea raided women safety groups to get users; paid influencers to undermine others, much more.
The “motive is money, not actually to protect people.” www.404media.co/how-teas-fou...
The “motive is money, not actually to protect people.” www.404media.co/how-teas-fou...
How Tea’s Founder Convinced Millions of Women to Spill Their Secrets, Then Exposed Them to the World
A 404 Media investigation reveals how the man who started Tea, the ‘women dating safety’ app, tried to hire a female ‘face’ for the company and then hijack her grassroots community.
www.404media.co
August 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
New: the inside story of how Tea collected millions of women's secrets, then exposed them to the world. We've found Tea raided women safety groups to get users; paid influencers to undermine others, much more.
The “motive is money, not actually to protect people.” www.404media.co/how-teas-fou...
The “motive is money, not actually to protect people.” www.404media.co/how-teas-fou...
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Every once in a while I miss being an active designer in a community where we critique the shit out of a rebrand. Holy hell this is bad. Kerning that makes it look like a feminist mag, the flag shape, lines in the tagline that read like navigation. This is supposed to look like a source we trust?
August 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Every once in a while I miss being an active designer in a community where we critique the shit out of a rebrand. Holy hell this is bad. Kerning that makes it look like a feminist mag, the flag shape, lines in the tagline that read like navigation. This is supposed to look like a source we trust?
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New: Lizelle Gonzalez is suing officials who wrongly charged her with murder for an abortion—and depositions with investigators show that, if given the chance, they would handle future cases the same way
Police and sheriffs have so much power to ruin people’s lives by manipulating the legal process
Police and sheriffs have so much power to ruin people’s lives by manipulating the legal process
Texas Cops: We Wrongly Tried to Get a Woman Charged With Murder For an Abortion, and We’d Do It Again
Generally speaking, it is not a great sign when when cops admit things like “I don't know what the law states right now” under oath.
ballsandstrikes.org
August 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
New: Lizelle Gonzalez is suing officials who wrongly charged her with murder for an abortion—and depositions with investigators show that, if given the chance, they would handle future cases the same way
Police and sheriffs have so much power to ruin people’s lives by manipulating the legal process
Police and sheriffs have so much power to ruin people’s lives by manipulating the legal process
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New — I wrote about the violent assault on a DC delivery worker this morning by masked federal agents, and how these agents have made the disturbing turn from quiet thugs to playing for the cameras.
Federal agent during violent DC arrest: “Liberals already ruined” this country
Trump's thugs are proving their skull-bashing loyalty in broad daylight.
www.thehandbasket.co
August 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
New — I wrote about the violent assault on a DC delivery worker this morning by masked federal agents, and how these agents have made the disturbing turn from quiet thugs to playing for the cameras.
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I know a lot of things feel like escalations these days but this *really* feels like an escalation
August 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I know a lot of things feel like escalations these days but this *really* feels like an escalation
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Immigration is good, actually. Cities are good, and if you don't like them you don't have to live in them.
What we actually need is a full-throated defense of cities—and that means a full-throated defense of a pluralistic society.
Because you will never get those specific voters on board as long as they believe lies simply because the people they’re telling them about have darker skin
Because you will never get those specific voters on board as long as they believe lies simply because the people they’re telling them about have darker skin
August 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Immigration is good, actually. Cities are good, and if you don't like them you don't have to live in them.
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More and more people reporting today that Stripe - the payment processor that Itch said were putting the most pressure on them - now have staff actively confirming that yes, they are censoring LGBT content, adult or otherwise. That this is official company policy.
This seems kinda significant.
This seems kinda significant.
August 13, 2025 at 3:00 AM
More and more people reporting today that Stripe - the payment processor that Itch said were putting the most pressure on them - now have staff actively confirming that yes, they are censoring LGBT content, adult or otherwise. That this is official company policy.
This seems kinda significant.
This seems kinda significant.
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In agency after agency, the U.S. government is losing its capacity to measure how American society is functioning, making it much harder to gauge the nature and scale of the problems we are facing and the effectiveness of policies.
(Published April)
(Published April)
Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More
By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose…
www.propublica.org
August 13, 2025 at 1:45 AM
In agency after agency, the U.S. government is losing its capacity to measure how American society is functioning, making it much harder to gauge the nature and scale of the problems we are facing and the effectiveness of policies.
(Published April)
(Published April)
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For everyone waiting to binge Book One of The Wizard, the Witch and the Wild One, @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social’s first campaign - the Finale is HERE! Umora is my love letter to the worlds I grew up loving, and it is the honor of a lifetime to have gotten to tell this story with these people.
We gotta GO.
The Book I finale of #TheWizardTheWitchandTheWildOne is out NOW on your favorite podcasting platforms!
Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/public...
The Book I finale of #TheWizardTheWitchandTheWildOne is out NOW on your favorite podcasting platforms!
Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/public...
August 13, 2025 at 5:26 AM
For everyone waiting to binge Book One of The Wizard, the Witch and the Wild One, @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social’s first campaign - the Finale is HERE! Umora is my love letter to the worlds I grew up loving, and it is the honor of a lifetime to have gotten to tell this story with these people.
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Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you:
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
August 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you:
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
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When I say "ban 'A.i.,'" I mean BAN A.I.
“The AI in the study probably prompted doctors to become over-reliant on its recommendations, ‘leading to clinicians becoming less motivated, less focused, and less responsible when making cognitive decisions without AI assistance,’ the scientists said in the paper.”
AI Eroded Doctors’ Ability to Spot Cancer Within Months in Study
Artificial intelligence, touted for its potential to transform medicine, led to some doctors losing skills after just a few months in a new study.
www.bloomberg.com
August 13, 2025 at 12:46 AM
When I say "ban 'A.i.,'" I mean BAN A.I.
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“Delete your old emails to save water” isn’t bad because it’s individualising the climate crisis, it’s bad because it’s complete nonsense from top to bottom. It’s like saying “eat less lettuce to save water”, you can see the thought process but it’s that of a child who knows two facts
August 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
“Delete your old emails to save water” isn’t bad because it’s individualising the climate crisis, it’s bad because it’s complete nonsense from top to bottom. It’s like saying “eat less lettuce to save water”, you can see the thought process but it’s that of a child who knows two facts
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remember to call Stripe at 1+ 888-926-2289, and say youre from "California" when prompted. try to get clarification on where Stripe stands on LGBTQ content on online storefronts
August 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
remember to call Stripe at 1+ 888-926-2289, and say youre from "California" when prompted. try to get clarification on where Stripe stands on LGBTQ content on online storefronts
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"I'm not racist, I just run a racist Twitter account" is quite the defense.
August 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
"I'm not racist, I just run a racist Twitter account" is quite the defense.
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A few years ago we went to a family law firm in SF and said “we want every document that will give our family the same rights a monogamous couple would have” and their reply was roughly “we’ve been doing gay marriage equivalency since the 80s, we’ve got this”
Married LGBTQ people: CALL A LAWYER.
Get copies of birth certificates and custody for your children on paper. Make sure life insurance policies, property that you own, bank account information, passwords for things, Powers of Attorney, etc. are all set up & understood
Get copies of birth certificates and custody for your children on paper. Make sure life insurance policies, property that you own, bank account information, passwords for things, Powers of Attorney, etc. are all set up & understood
BREAKING: Supreme Court has been formally asked to overturn same-sex marriage ruling, per ABC.
August 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A few years ago we went to a family law firm in SF and said “we want every document that will give our family the same rights a monogamous couple would have” and their reply was roughly “we’ve been doing gay marriage equivalency since the 80s, we’ve got this”
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Israel has no "Gaza War" - not for Gaza, nor for narrative. Israel massacres Palestine as its fascist genocidal solution to the Nakba's echoes, and massacres the truth with US/EU support.
Journalists, aid workers, infants, educators, athletes, poets, artists - they're obstacles to extermination.
Journalists, aid workers, infants, educators, athletes, poets, artists - they're obstacles to extermination.
August 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Israel has no "Gaza War" - not for Gaza, nor for narrative. Israel massacres Palestine as its fascist genocidal solution to the Nakba's echoes, and massacres the truth with US/EU support.
Journalists, aid workers, infants, educators, athletes, poets, artists - they're obstacles to extermination.
Journalists, aid workers, infants, educators, athletes, poets, artists - they're obstacles to extermination.